The sweeter side of Afternoon Tea

It's Afternoon Tea
for 'The Sweeter Tooth'

It's a celebration of Afternoon Teas - 12th to 18th August ... how very British.

This is for the 'sweeter tooth'. But if you'd like some delicious ideas for savoury teatime nibbles...

CLICK HERE.

The cream tea tradition flourished in the Westcountry following the tourism boom in the 1850s, brought on by the opening of the railway.

Visitors bustled south looking to relax and indulge, and hotels, tearooms, farmhouses and cafés were happy to oblige – offering delicious afternoon cream teas, made with the finest local ingredients.
  

We don't believe in minimums

Traditional jam recipes are simple but often time consuming, using equal quantities of fruit and sugar. 

Commercial producers can use as little as 350g of fruit per kilo, with some jams using even less fruits and more additives and flavouring. Water and extra sugar are added to create the ‘jam effect’. 

‘Extra’ jam has a legal minimum requirement of 450g of fruit per kilo.

We prefer more with our Strawberry, Raspberry and Blackcurrant extra jams. 

From 'perfect' to 'oops'

In the Old Stables at Rendlesham, knowing eyes watch over slow cooking blackcurrants, as they simmer, waiting for that very fine line between ‘perfect’ and ‘oops’. 

Our kitchen staff have an enviable expertise and are as passionate about their jams, preserves, relishes and sauces as we all are.

But it’s not just the amount of fruit. 

Use 50% poor quality blackcurrants and you can only create poor jam. 

It's all about ingredients

We go to uncompromising lengths to make sure the blackcurrants we use have that signature juicy sweet / tart flavour; the raspberries are rich, sweet and luscious; and the succulent strawberries have keynotes of Wimbledon.

Stokes use unrefined cane sugar, which is a typical artisan sugar. Produced in smaller batches, it is less processed and retains all or most of the cane molasses around the sugar crystals. 

This natural sweetness and additional depth of flavour simmer gently with the extra fruit to give the deeply flavoursome jams we love to deliver.

Lemon Curd

Stokes Lemon Curd is a truly wonderful thing with lemons, rich butter and British free range eggs.

A simple recipe, simply made and simply delicious...

... It's delicious on toast, pancakes, lemon tarts and delicious in lemon sponges, lemon drizzle cakes and much, much more.

ENOY THIS AMAZING LEMON CAKE VIDEO - HERE

Enjoy !

Jam, thank you 'Mam'

Order your 'Afternoon Tea' ingredients - here

More foodie thoughts for the week:



Harvest Fayre - 
cooking up some tasty treats with wonderfully fresh produce for National Allotments Week - here.








Afternoon Teas: Savoury - 
afternoon teas are very British occasions. You'll enjoy these tasty alternative savoury sensations - here.




 
Food is for Sharing - 
now that's a sandwich. Meet baby Roo and answer the question ... jam first or cream - here.

If good food makes you happy
...adding Stokes will make you smile ;)

FOOD MADE BETTER 
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